An interview with Nextdoor CEO Nirav Tolia on building the “next Nextdoor”, not licensing data to AI firms for now, his relationship with Bill Gurley, and more
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Sources: Meta is discussing moving its incorporation from Delaware to Texas or another state, after Elon Musk's similar moves; the change wouldn't affect its HQ
if they go to Texas it's more evidence of zucking up to Musk by Mark. It makes no sense from any legal perspective. — If they land in Nevada, it's because they don't like corporate governance respo...
Since the OpenAI board dispute, Microsoft diversified AI investments and partnerships, built its own models, and hired aggressively for its consumer AI efforts
Financial Times : X: @bgurley , @hetanshah , @hkanji , and @rwang07 X: Bill Gurley / @bgurley : This is a very long and interesting article. Must read I would say. It says Microsoft invested $13B in ...
An interview with Instacart founder and former CEO Apoorva Mehta on Instacart's beginnings, his board exit, his reluctance to take the company public, and more
and today he cut all ties with the company Reuters : Instacart set to be valued at nearly $13 bln in Wall Street debut Ari Levy / CNBC : Instacart closed up 12.33% in its Nasdaq debut, valuing the gro...
Hundreds of Twitter employees post farewell messages and salute emojis in Slack and tweets, announcing their resignations after Elon Musk's “hardcore” ultimatum
Plus: The GOP releases the moral idiocy … Happy Friday. Oliver Darcy / CNN : Inside Twitter as ‘mass exodus’ of staffers throws platform's future into uncertainty Stephen Warwick / iMore : Is Twitter ...
In an interview, Waymo CEO dismissed Tesla as a competitor and argued that Tesla's current strategy, without lidar, wouldn't produce a fully self-driving system
for capital. Not joking. Tesla technology may be objectively, measurably inferior. But it's ability to raise low cost capital from believers who will tithe at the money offerings is currently UNSURPAS...
Profile of Tom Alberg, an early investor in Amazon, the founder of Madrona Venture Group, and a key figure in shaping the Pacific Northwest's tech economy
It was the mid 1990s, and Tom Alberg had a decision to make. — Jeff Bezos had arrived in Seattle and was looking for investors for his nascent virtual bookstore. Tweets: @jasonkilar , @bgurley , @st...
Jeff Wilke, Amazon's CEO of Worldwide Consumer, will retire from the company in 2021; senior VP of retail operations Dave Clark will succeed him
Earlier today, Jeff Wilke announced his retirement from Amazon after over two decades with the company. Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal : Jeff Wilke, Early Amazon Executive and Lieutenant to J...
Match Group names ex-CBS Interactive boss Jim Lanzone as Tinder's new CEO, beginning August 3
Georgia Wells / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @austin_rief , @kantrowitz , @jlanzone , @sarafischer , @joshelman , and @bgurley See also Mediagazer Tweets: @austin_rief : Interesting to see dating ap...
Sources: Bill Gurley will not be a partner in Benchmark's 10th venture fund but will continue to work with companies he led earlier investments in
Lead investor won't be involved in new fund for first time since he joined firm in 1999 — Bill Gurley—one of the most prominent …